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This is the hardest part for the slaves because it involves the slaves leaving their families and being shipped across the atlantic ocean. From misery to meaning in midlife by james hollis 668 ratings, 4. Hollis addresses changes that take place in the middle passage of life. Buy the middle passage by james hollis from waterstones today. The word file is viewable with any pc or mac and can be further adjusted if you want to mix questions around andor add your own headers for things like name, period, and date. The second half of life is not so much the chronological moment. Gerald le vans notes on james hollis the middle passage. The middle passage, from misery to meaning in midlife by james. He is the author of thirteen books, including, finding meaning in the second.
It really is a special time and this book encourages the reader to not only celebrate the i picked this book up shortly after finishing another hollis book called why. This second adulthood is a chance to live out our true selves, less encumbered by the shoulds, musts and expectations of our families and of our culture. What is the relationship between jungs concept of individualism and our. Read the middle passage pdf by james hollis inner city books author james hollis s eloquent reading provides the listener with an accessible and yet profound understanding of a. The attached lesson called slaves in the middle passage.
This is the book ive been looking for forever, since i experienced my own middle passage in the early 2000s. Probably throws out more questions than answers, good. The slave ship itself is a significant artifact, an object remembrance and connection to the dark history of the middle passage. The middle passage although the origins are unknown and the meaning has changed over time, the middle passage is a term that commonly refers to the transporting of african slaves from the west african coast, across the atlantic sea to the americas, aboard slave ships known as slavers.
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